Noy Thrupkaew (the photos in the article contain nudity): “Although Asian and Asian American porn actresses like Asia Carrera and Annabel Chong have made their mark in the adult-film industry, Hamamoto points out, their male counterparts are nowhere to be seen. His film is a bit of erotic affirmative action for the Asian American man, overrepresented by sexless movie nerds and chopsocky action heroes: the ludicrous Long Duk Dong of Sixteen Candles, the Jet Li or Jackie Chan action hero who never gets the girl, the Internet nerds, Chinese restaurant dishwashers, Triad members who are too busy making an illegal buck to fuck, even the indolent Chinese lover of Marguerite Duras' The Lover. "I'm not trying to present a 'strong' image of Asian American men," says [University of California-Davis professor and porn-director Darrell] Hamamoto. "That's what we are. We know how to fuck. Look how many Asian motherfuckers there are around the world. We outnumber everyone.”
I reject Hamamoto's assertion that Asian women who fuck white guys are essentially white themselves. There's remarkably little said by Hamamato, actually, that I don't reject, but I grant that the idea of the Asian-American male as an equal participant in society (and not just in porn) is a welcome change.
